NHC AL021940 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1940
August 3, 1940 – August 10, 1940
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1940 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, 60 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1940 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1940 (AL021940) from August 3, 1940 to August 10, 1940; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 7 at 98 mph (Category 2), 17 miles from Port Arthur, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (145). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 17 miles from Port Arthur, TX; the centre came closest to Garrison, TX, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 212
- At hurricane strength
- 60
- States
- 2
98 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1940 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (145)
- Port ArthurCategory 2 · 17 mi
- GrovesCategory 2 · 20 mi
- Bridge CityCategory 2 · 27 mi
- OrangeCategory 2 · 34 mi
- Port NechesCategory 1 · 21 mi
- NederlandCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Crystal BeachCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Texas CityCategory 1 · 48 mi
- GalvestonCategory 1 · 48 mi
- La MarqueCategory 1 · 50 mi
- HitchcockCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Santa FeCategory 1 · 56 mi
- DanburyCategory 1 · 74 mi
- DickinsonCategory 1 · 49 mi
- BacliffTropical storm · 46 mi
- WinnieTropical storm · 5 mi
- AnahuacTropical storm · 23 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 63 mi
- KemahTropical storm · 47 mi
- League CityTropical storm · 51 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 46 mi
- WebsterTropical storm · 52 mi
- FriendswoodTropical storm · 56 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 17 mi
- VidorTropical storm · 27 mi
- ManvelTropical storm · 66 mi
- RosharonTropical storm · 73 mi
- La PorteTropical storm · 43 mi
- PearlandTropical storm · 61 mi
- BaytownTropical storm · 34 mi
- Deer ParkTropical storm · 46 mi
- PasadenaTropical storm · 50 mi
- South HoustonTropical storm · 53 mi
- FresnoTropical storm · 70 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 16 mi
- DaytonTropical storm · 24 mi
- HuffmanTropical storm · 37 mi
- CrosbyTropical storm · 37 mi
- HighlandsTropical storm · 38 mi
- KingwoodTropical storm · 42 mi
- ChannelviewTropical storm · 43 mi
- HumbleTropical storm · 44 mi
- PorterTropical storm · 45 mi
- Galena ParkTropical storm · 51 mi
- SpringTropical storm · 58 mi
- HoustonTropical storm · 61 mi
- TomballTropical storm · 63 mi
- BellaireTropical storm · 64 mi
- Missouri CityTropical storm · 72 mi
- StaffordTropical storm · 72 mi
- CypressTropical storm · 73 mi
- Sour LakeTropical storm · 5 mi
- New CaneyTropical storm · 41 mi
- ShenandoahTropical storm · 56 mi
- The WoodlandsTropical storm · 60 mi
- PinehurstTropical storm · 70 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 71 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 18 mi
- SplendoraTropical storm · 40 mi
- KountzeTropical storm · 10 mi
and 85 more
Louisiana (67)
- VintonCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Bell CityCategory 2 · 47 mi
- SulphurCategory 2 · 49 mi
- Lake CharlesCategory 2 · 52 mi
- GueydanCategory 2 · 53 mi
- WestlakeCategory 2 · 53 mi
- Lake ArthurCategory 2 · 54 mi
- KaplanCategory 2 · 57 mi
- IowaCategory 2 · 59 mi
- WelshCategory 2 · 62 mi
- MorseCategory 2 · 63 mi
- DequincyCategory 2 · 63 mi
- JenningsCategory 2 · 66 mi
- CrowleyCategory 2 · 70 mi
- RagleyCategory 2 · 70 mi
- DusonCategory 2 · 74 mi
- RayneCategory 2 · 74 mi
- IotaCategory 2 · 75 mi
- AbbevilleCategory 2 · 57 mi
- MauriceCategory 2 · 68 mi
- ErathCategory 2 · 59 mi
- DelcambreCategory 2 · 60 mi
- YoungsvilleCategory 2 · 70 mi
- BroussardCategory 2 · 73 mi
- New IberiaCategory 1 · 67 mi
- JeaneretteCategory 1 · 64 mi
- PattersonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- FranklinCategory 1 · 57 mi
- BerwickCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 1 · 58 mi
- GrayCategory 1 · 65 mi
- SchrieverCategory 1 · 65 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 1 · 73 mi
- HoumaCategory 1 · 59 mi
- RacelandCategory 1 · 69 mi
- ChauvinCategory 1 · 47 mi
- MontegutCategory 1 · 52 mi
- LaroseCategory 1 · 61 mi
- LockportCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Cut OffCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 1 · 47 mi
- GallianoCategory 1 · 57 mi
- LafitteCategory 1 · 75 mi
- Port SulphurCategory 1 · 72 mi
- BurasCategory 1 · 66 mi
- MerryvilleTropical storm · 56 mi
- DeridderTropical storm · 73 mi
- LongvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- New LlanoTropical storm · 72 mi
- AnacocoTropical storm · 64 mi
- FlorienTropical storm · 62 mi
- ManyTropical storm · 56 mi
- ZwolleTropical storm · 49 mi
- RobelineTropical storm · 71 mi
- LogansportTropical storm · 33 mi
- Grand CaneTropical storm · 47 mi
- MansfieldTropical storm · 50 mi
- KeithvilleTropical storm · 51 mi
- StonewallTropical storm · 53 mi
and 7 more
Other storms of the 1940 season
- Unnamed (AL031940)Category 2 · 260 cities
- Unnamed (AL041940)Category 2 · 13 cities
- Unnamed (AL061940)Tropical storm · 135 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.